Phyllis Marie Taylor, 91, of Decorah, Iowa, formerly of the Newell/Storm Lake Iowa area, died on Saturday, August 29, 2020, at Aase Haugen Senior Care Faculty.
Phyllis was born on February 4, 1929, in Poland Township, Buena Vista County, Iowa, the daughter of Roy Everett and Marie Frances Morris. She married Wallace Arthur Taylor on January 31, 1948, in Princeton Minnesota.
After raising their four children she spent most of her working career in occupations caring for other people. She received a degree from Iowa Lakes Community College in Emmetsburg and worked with special needs adults in Sac City, Mount Ayr, and Decorah, Iowa, before retiring in Newell, Iowa on their acreage.
She moved to Decorah in 2011 to help care for her husband in the nursing home.
She is survived by her sister, Betty Miller of Ilion, New York; sister-in-laws, Alpharetta Palaschak of Adrian, Minnesota, and Jacquelleen (Bruce) Vatne of Mendota Heights, Minnesota; brother-in-law Arthur Roger Taylor of Brook Park, Minnesota; children, Allen (Marilee) Taylor of Decorah, Iowa, Susan (John) Marshall of Bloomington, Minnesota, David (Andrea) of Newell, Iowa and daughter-in-law Bonnie Taylor of Wayland, Iowa; grandchildren, Jason (Angela) Taylor, Ann (Brian) Wise, Christopher (Shirlee) Taylor, Bryon (Julie) Taylor, Nicole (Brandon) Brevig, Benjamin (Rebecca) Marshall, Thomas Marshall, Shane Marshall, Jeremy Taylor, Chad (Jenn Bovero) Taylor, Michelle Taylor Wilson, Sara (Thomas) Ptack, Adam (Amber) Taylor; 35 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and extended family of generations of nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Those who preceded her in death are her husband, Wallace Taylor; parents Roy and Marie Morris; son Richard Taylor; grandson Nathan Taylor; brother Richard and wife Shirley Morris; brother-in-law Paul Miller; sister-in-law Wanda and husband Kenneth Drzycimski; Hazel and husband James Griffith; Florence and husband Loren Siegersma; Colleen and husband Lonnie Leonard; Susan Taylor and brother-in-law Fred Palaschak; parents-in-laws Arthur and Lillie Taylor; and step-mother-in-law Estella Graham Taylor.
Those who knew her well will miss her unselfish giving, positive attitude, genuine concern for those in need. She would greet you with her warm smile and twinkling blue eyes.
Picture and obituary courtesy of Iowa Cremation
Phyllis was born on February 4, 1929, in Poland Township, Buena Vista County, Iowa, the daughter of Roy Everett and Marie Frances Morris. She married Wallace Arthur Taylor on January 31, 1948, in Princeton Minnesota.
After raising their four children she spent most of her working career in occupations caring for other people. She received a degree from Iowa Lakes Community College in Emmetsburg and worked with special needs adults in Sac City, Mount Ayr, and Decorah, Iowa, before retiring in Newell, Iowa on their acreage.
She moved to Decorah in 2011 to help care for her husband in the nursing home.
She is survived by her sister, Betty Miller of Ilion, New York; sister-in-laws, Alpharetta Palaschak of Adrian, Minnesota, and Jacquelleen (Bruce) Vatne of Mendota Heights, Minnesota; brother-in-law Arthur Roger Taylor of Brook Park, Minnesota; children, Allen (Marilee) Taylor of Decorah, Iowa, Susan (John) Marshall of Bloomington, Minnesota, David (Andrea) of Newell, Iowa and daughter-in-law Bonnie Taylor of Wayland, Iowa; grandchildren, Jason (Angela) Taylor, Ann (Brian) Wise, Christopher (Shirlee) Taylor, Bryon (Julie) Taylor, Nicole (Brandon) Brevig, Benjamin (Rebecca) Marshall, Thomas Marshall, Shane Marshall, Jeremy Taylor, Chad (Jenn Bovero) Taylor, Michelle Taylor Wilson, Sara (Thomas) Ptack, Adam (Amber) Taylor; 35 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and extended family of generations of nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Those who preceded her in death are her husband, Wallace Taylor; parents Roy and Marie Morris; son Richard Taylor; grandson Nathan Taylor; brother Richard and wife Shirley Morris; brother-in-law Paul Miller; sister-in-law Wanda and husband Kenneth Drzycimski; Hazel and husband James Griffith; Florence and husband Loren Siegersma; Colleen and husband Lonnie Leonard; Susan Taylor and brother-in-law Fred Palaschak; parents-in-laws Arthur and Lillie Taylor; and step-mother-in-law Estella Graham Taylor.
Those who knew her well will miss her unselfish giving, positive attitude, genuine concern for those in need. She would greet you with her warm smile and twinkling blue eyes.
Picture and obituary courtesy of Iowa Cremation
Phyllis Marie Taylor, 91, of Decorah, Iowa, formerly of the Newell/Storm Lake Iowa area, died on Saturday, August 29, 2020, at Aase Haugen Senior Care Faculty.
Phyllis was born on February 4, 1929, in Poland Township, Buena Vista County, Iowa, the daughter of Roy Everett and Marie Frances Morris. She married Wallace Arthur Taylor on January 31, 1948, in Princeton Minnesota.
After raising their four children she spent most of her working career in occupations caring for other people. She received a degree from Iowa Lakes Community College in Emmetsburg and worked with special needs adults in Sac City, Mount Ayr, and Decorah, Iowa, before retiring in Newell, Iowa on their acreage.
She moved to Decorah in 2011 to help care for her husband in the nursing home.
She is survived by her sister, Betty Miller of Ilion, New York; sister-in-laws, Alpharetta Palaschak of Adrian, Minnesota, and Jacquelleen (Bruce) Vatne of Mendota Heights, Minnesota; brother-in-law Arthur Roger Taylor of Brook Park, Minnesota; children, Allen (Marilee) Taylor of Decorah, Iowa, Susan (John) Marshall of Bloomington, Minnesota, David (Andrea) of Newell, Iowa and daughter-in-law Bonnie Taylor of Wayland, Iowa; grandchildren, Jason (Angela) Taylor, Ann (Brian) Wise, Christopher (Shirlee) Taylor, Bryon (Julie) Taylor, Nicole (Brandon) Brevig, Benjamin (Rebecca) Marshall, Thomas Marshall, Shane Marshall, Jeremy Taylor, Chad (Jenn Bovero) Taylor, Michelle Taylor Wilson, Sara (Thomas) Ptack, Adam (Amber) Taylor; 35 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and extended family of generations of nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Those who preceded her in death are her husband, Wallace Taylor; parents Roy and Marie Morris; son Richard Taylor; grandson Nathan Taylor; brother Richard and wife Shirley Morris; brother-in-law Paul Miller; sister-in-law Wanda and husband Kenneth Drzycimski; Hazel and husband James Griffith; Florence and husband Loren Siegersma; Colleen and husband Lonnie Leonard; Susan Taylor and brother-in-law Fred Palaschak; parents-in-laws Arthur and Lillie Taylor; and step-mother-in-law Estella Graham Taylor.
Those who knew her well will miss her unselfish giving, positive attitude, genuine concern for those in need. She would greet you with her warm smile and twinkling blue eyes.
Picture and obituary courtesy of Iowa Cremation
Phyllis was born on February 4, 1929, in Poland Township, Buena Vista County, Iowa, the daughter of Roy Everett and Marie Frances Morris. She married Wallace Arthur Taylor on January 31, 1948, in Princeton Minnesota.
After raising their four children she spent most of her working career in occupations caring for other people. She received a degree from Iowa Lakes Community College in Emmetsburg and worked with special needs adults in Sac City, Mount Ayr, and Decorah, Iowa, before retiring in Newell, Iowa on their acreage.
She moved to Decorah in 2011 to help care for her husband in the nursing home.
She is survived by her sister, Betty Miller of Ilion, New York; sister-in-laws, Alpharetta Palaschak of Adrian, Minnesota, and Jacquelleen (Bruce) Vatne of Mendota Heights, Minnesota; brother-in-law Arthur Roger Taylor of Brook Park, Minnesota; children, Allen (Marilee) Taylor of Decorah, Iowa, Susan (John) Marshall of Bloomington, Minnesota, David (Andrea) of Newell, Iowa and daughter-in-law Bonnie Taylor of Wayland, Iowa; grandchildren, Jason (Angela) Taylor, Ann (Brian) Wise, Christopher (Shirlee) Taylor, Bryon (Julie) Taylor, Nicole (Brandon) Brevig, Benjamin (Rebecca) Marshall, Thomas Marshall, Shane Marshall, Jeremy Taylor, Chad (Jenn Bovero) Taylor, Michelle Taylor Wilson, Sara (Thomas) Ptack, Adam (Amber) Taylor; 35 great-grandchildren; six great-great-grandchildren; and extended family of generations of nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Those who preceded her in death are her husband, Wallace Taylor; parents Roy and Marie Morris; son Richard Taylor; grandson Nathan Taylor; brother Richard and wife Shirley Morris; brother-in-law Paul Miller; sister-in-law Wanda and husband Kenneth Drzycimski; Hazel and husband James Griffith; Florence and husband Loren Siegersma; Colleen and husband Lonnie Leonard; Susan Taylor and brother-in-law Fred Palaschak; parents-in-laws Arthur and Lillie Taylor; and step-mother-in-law Estella Graham Taylor.
Those who knew her well will miss her unselfish giving, positive attitude, genuine concern for those in need. She would greet you with her warm smile and twinkling blue eyes.
Picture and obituary courtesy of Iowa Cremation
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